The United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates has observed a Palindrome date. The date 01/02/2010 can be read backwards to get the same date (01022010).
Jan. 2, 2010, is the second such date out of 36 that occurs this millennium. The first was 10/02/2001.
The most recent was in 1308, since days of the month never exceed 31. The next date comes next year: 11/02/2011.
In much of the rest of the world, today’s date appears as day/month/year, or 02/01/2010. But for inhabitants of these countries, rest assured that there will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate even more than our paltry 36: they will get 60 between 2001 and 3000.
Palindrome examples:
Words
civic, radar, level, rotator, rotor, kayak, racecar
Phrases
Was it a rat I saw?
Step on no pets
Sit on a potato pan, Otis
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas
Dammit, I'm mad
Famous Quotations
Able was I ere I saw Elba
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
Madam, I'm Adam
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